HP Ultra Dual Core Entertainment Notebook with 17.3" LCD, Blu-Ray and HDMI [Refurbished] - $599.99 + $5 shipping
1 * HP DV7-3065DX 2.4GHz AMD Dual-Core, 4GB, 500GB SATA, 17.3” LED LCD, Blu-Ray, Windows 7 Home Prem 64
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I have the same specs in a 14" HP (without the Blu Ray drive) and I really like it. I have to fiddle with the codecs to get it to run 720p H264 video smoothly, so I don’t know how well this one will play Blu Ray discs. It’s an OK gaming machine, but don’t expect high quality textures and smooth framerates. I’m getting about 25fps in Dragon Age: Origins at 1280x800 and low quality graphics. Playable, but only just. It’s very good for standard uses–Web surfing, email, word processing, even edits video well (using Sony Vegas Pro).
You should also be concerned about size. My sister-in-law has a 17" HP and it’s just massive. I like carrying around my 14" a lot more.
Seems like a great desk-top replacement, but not sure on the price point. 100$ more buys a new system, and this would need 80$ just to upgrade the warranty.
Never mind, just noted the other price points are for refurbs as well.
“ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics RS780M with up to 1918 MB video memory”
This might be a little misleading to some. The video card is integrated, and the 1918 MB of memory is shared rather than dedicated; meaning it’s taken from the 4 GB of main system memory.